Elastique Pitch 2 can take real-time control over a signal's pitch and formant, and zplane claim it does so without the artifacts inherent in similar processors. New for version 2 come input Freeze, Delay, Feedback and Dry/Wet controls.

The majority of the interface is taken up by a substantially sized X/Y pad, with the vertical and horizontal axis representing pitch and formants (labelled Timbre) respectively.

These can be run linked or unlinked, and both shifted in either semitone (+/- 12) or percentage (50% to 200%) values by dragging the node across the pad, or by typing in values for each axis manually.

When unlinked, there's a useful Voicing slider used to alter the dominant frequency range, greatly improving results. There's also a Dry/Wet mix parameter, plus a simple delay (which can be set free-running or synced to host tempo) with a Freeze button for holding a delay repeat of the shifted signal.

With its emphasis on hands-on, real-time control, Elastique Pitch 2 makes pitchshifting a fun and immediate process that you can whip out anytime.

In use, the quality of the pitch and formant-shifting is extraordinarily smooth and natural - facilitating either subtle real-time shifts or extreme pitch effects - and the delay's interaction with pitch changes can generate countless creative effects.